Hygrophila difformis

Hygrophila difformis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Hygrophila
Species:
H. difformis
Binomial name
Hygrophila difformis
Synonyms
  • Ruellia difformis
  • Synnema triflorum

Hygrophila difformis, commonly known as water wisteria (though it is not closely related to true wisteria), is an aquatic plant in the acanthus family. It is found in marshy habitats on the Indian subcontinent in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal. It grows to a height of 20 to 50 cm with a width of 15 to 25 cm.[1]

  1. ^ Pal, Dilipkumar; Samanta, Krishanu (2011). "CNS Activities of Ethanol Extract of Aerial Parts of Hygrophila difformis in Mice" (PDF). Drug Research. 68 (1). Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica: 75–81. PMID 21485704.

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